Machine for packing match-books, &amp;c.



I. C. DONNELLY. MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCH.BOOKS, &c.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, i916. l 1,217,923. Patented MIIII. (I, 1917.

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MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCH BOOKS, &c.

A V APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 19|6- 1,217,923.

Patented Mar. 6,\ 1917.

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1. c. D0NNELLY. MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCH. BOOKS, Gac.

APPLICATION FILED )UNE 3., |9I6- 1,21 7,923. Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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J. C. DONNLLY.

MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCH BOOKS, &c. APPLlcATloN FILED Jungs. 1916.

Patented Mar. 6; 1917.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

' JOSEPH C. V".DON'NELLY, OF BARBEBTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH I COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCH-BOOKS, &c.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

To all 'whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. D oNNELLY, 4

a citizen of the United States, and Aresident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Packing Match-Books, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for packing match books and the like; having reference more especially to certain improvements in theassembling mechanism of the packing machine set out in Letters Patent of the United States No: 1,132,309, dated March 16, 1915. The packing machine forming the subject of said Letters Patent is therein, represented as associated with a match-book making machine of the character illustrated in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,042,472, said packing machine being adapted to receive the books as rapidly as they are produced, and through the instrumentality of assembling mechanism arrange them 'uniformly and compactly side by side with the adjacent books oppositely-disposed relatively to the heads of the matches.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and otherwise improve the construction and operation of the mechanism for positioning the match-books and asseml bling them in a row or column with the larger ends of alternate books reversed. .Accordingly my invention comprlses various Teatures of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed. In the drawings- 1 Figure 1 is an end elevation of a part of a packing machine embodying my improvements, a ortion of the match-book making machine eing shown.

Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.-

Fig. 3 is a partial View of the mechanism indicated in the lower right-hand corner of Fig. 2; showing the parts in the positions which they occupy. at the completion of the -operation of inserting the `books inthe book carrier chain. Fig.4 4 is a rear elevation of the matchpacking mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section, enlarged, on a plane through the longer trackway, as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, showing the bookreversing turret, the book-carrier, and ad- Junots.

Fig. 6 is adetail of the Geneva stop motion for actuating the turret and other parts.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the lintermittently-rotatable pocketed wheel of a book-match machine from which the match books are discharged in pairs, headed ends rearward, upon a yielding supporting plate 11 by the action of a reciprocating ejecting frame 12; and 13 designates reciproeating fingers by means of which the free ends of the cover iaps of the books are tucked under the stapled folds of the covers. When the tucking operation has been completed, `and the fingers leave the finished books (14), the latter are simultaneously pushed rearwardly, abreast, by the next succeeding pair of books, and so on.

The supporting frame of the packing machine comprises a base 15, standards 16 andtable 17. The main drive shaft 18 of the packing machine has its bearings in suitable boxes on the supporting frame, and is operatively geared with the main shaft 19 of the match-book machine. In the present instance the shafts 18, 19 are provided with sprocket wheels 20, 21 respectively, which are connected by a chain 22. The shaft 18 is equipped with asuitable clutch" 23 whereby the wheel may be rendered fast or loose on the shaft, as desired. (See Figs. 1

and 4.)

The intermittently-movable endless carrier 24 which is herein illustrated as the holder in which the books are assembled in a row or column, comprises a chain of platev ofthe wheels of which is indicated at 27,

Fig. 4.

At the receiving end of the packing machine are vertically-spaced sprocket wheels 28 for the support and guidance of the chain; the lstuds 29 of said Vwheels being Patented Mar. 6,1917.

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.brackets 49 on the table.

borne by a suitable bracket- 30 on the table 17. This bracket also provides one of the bearings for an intermittently-actuated shaft 31, the other bearing of which is in a bracket 32 on the table.r This shaft 31 carries the gear wheel 27 for impelling the chain. f

33, 34 designate two trackways along which the books are fed when they are discharged from the match-book machine; one of these trackways being longer than the other as described in Patent No. 1,132,309 aforesaid. These trackways are formed on a frame 35 which is supported on the table 17, said trackways being slightly inclined as indicated. The lower end of the longer track- Y way 34 is thus on a somewhat lower level than its companion, as will presently appear.

In the present instance the books are advanced along the two trackways by intermittently-movable endless conveyer chains 36, 37 respectively, having regularly spaced lugs 38 which take against the -opposing edges of the individual books; the floors of the track-ways being appropriately slotted for the free passage of the chains. These chains are supported by suitably-located sprocket wheels 39, 40 fast on shafts 41, 42 at or near the ends of the respective trackways. The shaft 42 at the inner end of the Ilonger trackway bears a gear wheel 43 in mesh with a gear wheel44 on a shaft 45 having its bearings in suitable brackets 46 on the table 17, whereby when said shaft is actuated the motion is transmitted therefrom concurrently to the two conveyer chains 36, 37. The preferred means for actuating the shaft 45 will be, hereinafter described.

A book-reversing turret 47 is mounted to turn in the space between the delivery end of the short trackway 33 and the receiving end of the book carrier 24. This turret, in its preferred form, comprises a body or disk affixed to one end of an intermittently rotatable shaft 48 having its bearings in On the inner face of the disk are four equally-spaced radial book-holders, each of which in the present instance is in the form of a clip. This clip comprises a fixed j aw 50 formed on or secured to the disk, and a yielding complementary jaw 51 which is preferably composed of spring metal. The body of the metall extends laterally of and in spaced relation to the ixed jaw and its lower enolv is bent and secured to a lug on the fixed jaw., The outer end of the yielding jaw 51 is flared outwardly, as at 52, in order that a book may be readily pushed endwise into the spacel between the jaws of the clip and be therein yieldingly1 clamped.

The shaft 48 is intermittently actuated in such a manner as to present the successive clips of the turret horizontally to the delivery end ofthe short trackway, and similarly to a book-receiving Space of the book carrier 24, each book being endwise reversed as it is conveyed by the turret from the receiving to the discharging position; that is to say, at each dwell of the turret 47 one of clips is positioned to receive a match-book from the short trackway, and the diametrically-opposite clip is positioned adjacent the book-carrier in order that a book previously entered in the latter clip and endwise reversed may be transferred to the carrier, as seen most clearly in Fig. 5. A segmental plate 47 is preferably arranged to overhang the path of the clips during a part of their .travel from the receiving position, and thus serve as a cam for the opposing edges of projecting books to insure their complete entry into the successive clips before they reach the discharging position.

The shaft 48 is preferably actuated by a Geneva stop motion; the radially slotted driven member 53 of which is affixed to the shaft, while the complementary pin drive and locking members 54 are loosely mounted on a stud 55 which is supported bythe bracket 49. The hub of the pin drive member is provided with a sprocket wheel 56 which is connected by means of a chain 57 with a sprocket wheel 58 on a counter shaft 59 having its bearings in depending brackets 60 beneath the table. This counter-shaft is provided with a gear Wheel 61 which is driven from a gear wheel 62 on the main shaft 18 through an interposed idler gear 63. By this construction the counter-shaft is positively driven `from the main shaft, and the motion is transmitted through the Geneva stop in a manner to rotate the turret shaft 48 intermittently and temporarily lock it at the end of each impulse.

The turret shaft is provided with agear wheel 64 in mesh with 'an idler gear 64 which in turn meshes with a gear wheel 65 on the chain drivingl shaft 45; thereby effecting concurrent operation of the two shafts. (See Figs. 2 and 4.)

When the turret is at rest the proximate match book on the shorter trackway is transferred from the latter to the opposing clip and the match-book in the opposite clip is ejected from the latter and transferred to the opposing receiving portion of the carrier. The preferred means for introducing the books to the clips successively presented thereto includes a vibratory dog 66 which is movable toward and from the axis of the turret, said dog in its outer stroke riding upon the top of the underlying book and then dropping to position against the narrow edge of the book, and in its return stroke pushing the book bodily into the opposing clip of the turret. The dog 66 is carried by the free upper end of a rocker arm 67 which is pivoted at its lower end to a bracket 68 on the supporting frame.` The arm is pivotally connected by `means of a pitman 69 with an eccentric 70 on the main shaft 18, whereby during the operation of the packing machine the said rocker-arm and the dog carried thereby are positively actuated.

The preferred means for ejecting the inverted books from the successive clips of the turret and' entering them in the spaces between the blades of the carrier 24 includes av finger 7 1 which is movable toward and from the carrier in a path intersecting the plane of the opposing book, said finger in its outer stroke impinging against the larger end of the book and forcing it from the clip into the carrier and then returning it to its normal position for a similar action on a succeeding book. In the present instance the finger is formed on or .secured to the free upper end of the longer arm 72 of a lever which is pivoted to a -depending bracket 73 on the table. The shorter arm 74 of this lever bears a roll 75 which runs in the groove of a face cam 76 on the counter-shaft 59; the contour of the cam groove being such as to effect the timely actuation of the lever.

The longer trackway 34 extends somewhat beyond the carrier, and the chain 37 therein is of suflicient length to deliver the books to the outer end portion 34. of the trackway. This portion is on a plane somewhat below the axis -of the turret and its side walls are longitudinally open or slotted, for the free passage ofan angular head 77 to the embrace of which the books are successively delivered by the chain 37. This head is formed on or secured to a horizontal supporting member 78 which in the present instance isl of angular form. This-member is equipped with spaced pins 79 which depend through corresponding arcuate cam slots 8O in the frame 35, whereby when said member is bodily moved longitudinally of the trackway the former and its head 77 are guided through an arc which intersects the trackway. The path of the head is such that the book embraced thereby is pushed sidewise through the inner open or slotted side wall of the trackway, is swung with its narrow edge toward the outer side of the carrier 24, and is entered into thev opposing book-receiving space of the latter, such book thus being in a reverse position to the adjacent book transferred to the carrier lfrom the turret.

A simple and efficient means for actuating the member 78 is as follows: One of the depending pins is connected with a rock arm 81 which is pivoted on the under side of the frame 35. The pivot stud 82 of this arm bears a crank 83 which is connected by means of a link 84 with a similar crank 85 on a vertical rock-shaft 86. This shaft is provided at its lower end with a crank arm 87 carrying a roll 88 which projects into the peripheral groove of a cam 89 on the counter-shaft 59. The contour of the cam groove is such as to impart the timely oscillatory movement to the crank-arm 87, and thus through the described crank and link connections transmit' the requisite movement to the member 78 and its book-shifting head 77. y

The coperative relation of the above-described mechanisms for inserting thel books into the carrier from the respective sides of the latter is such that the oppositelydisposedY books are simultaneously inserted into the adjoining book-receiving spaces of the carrier by means of the finger 71 and the head 77 respectively. At the same time a match-book is transferred from the short trackway to the turret by the action of the dog 66. During such inserting operation the turret 47, the carrier 24 and Ithe feeding chainsl 36, 37 are at rest. During the return movement of the dog 66, the finger 71 and the headk 77 return to their original` positions; the turretv is moved a-quarter- `turn to present an empty clip to the plane of the short trackway and a illed clip to the plane of the receiving portion of the carrier; the carrier is advanced to bring a pair of spaces to position for the reception of the next succeedin oppositely-disposed match-books; and lthe eed chains are simultaneously moved to advance match-books to the lower discharging portions of 'the short and long trackways respectively preparatory to their transference to the turret and carrier respectively. l

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the particular construction herein shown and described, as the mecha nism may be lvariously -modied and be within the scope ofthe appended claims.

I claimv 1. In a machine for assembling V'match books and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling said articles in flat position in adjacent rows along said support, means for reversing the articles of one row, an article holder, means for inserting the articles thus re`- versed into said holder, and means for shiftsupport for the articles, means for impelling said articles in fiat position in adjacent rows along said support, means for reversing the articles of one row, an article holder,

rneansv for inserting the articles thus reversed into said holder, and means for shifting the successive books ilatwise and unreversed from the other row and inserting them in that position into the holder simultaneously with the insertion of the reversed books.

3. In a machine for assembling matchbooks, and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling said articles in flat position in adjacent rows along said support, means for reversing the articles of one row, a carrier having article receiving portions arranged to travel adjacent the path of the reversed books, means for inserting the reversed books successively into the receiving portions of the carrier presented thereto, and means for shifting the successive books latwise and unreversed from the other row and inserting them in that position into receiving portions of the carrier presented thereto.

4. In a machine for assembling matchbooks, and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling said articles in flat position in adjacent rows along said support, means for reversing the articles of one row, a carrier having article receiving portions arranged to traveladjacent the path of the reversed books, means for inserting the reversed books successively into the receiving portions of the carrier presented thereto, and means for shifting the successive books flatwise and unreversed from the other row and insertingvthem in that position into the receiving portions of the carrier presented thereto simultaneously with the insertion of the reversedl books.

5. In a' machine for assembling match books and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling said articles in flat position in adjacent rows along said support, a rotary element having individual article holders in spaced relation to each other, means for actuating said element whereby the holders thereof are presented at intervals to diametrically-opposite receiving and discharging regions, a carrier arranged to travel adjacent the discharging region, means for inserting successive articles of one row into the holders at the receiving region, whereby said articles are endwise reversed when they are carried to the discharging region, means for placing the reversed articles on the carrier, and means for shifting the successive articles flatwise and unreversed from the other row and placing them in that position on the carrier.

. 6. In a machine for assembling match books and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling said articles in flat position in adjacent rows along said support, a 'rotary element having individual article holders in spaced relation to each other, means for actuating said element whereby the holders thereof are presented at intervals to diametrically-opposite receiving and discharging regions, a carrier arranged to travel adjacentthe discharging region, means for inserting successive articles of one row into the holders at the receiving region whereby said articles are endwise reversed when they reach the discharging region, means for placing the reversed articles on the carrier, and means for shifting the successive articles flatwise and unreversed from the other row and placing them in that position on the carrier simultaneously with the reversed books.

. 7 In a machine for assembling match books and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling saidarticles in adjacent rows along said supto diametrically-opposite receiving and discharging regions, a carrier arranged to travel adjacent the discharging region, means including a vibratory member, for inserting the articles of one row into the holders when they are at the receiving region, means, including a reciprocatory member, for discharging the reversed articles from the holders when they are at the discharging position and inserting said articles into the carrier, and means for shifting the successive articles iatwise and unreversed from the other row and inserting them in that position into the carrier.

8. In a machine for assembling match books and the like, the combination of a support, including ,two trackways of different lengths, endless conveyers for impelling articles in flat position along the respective trackways, a rotary element having individual article holders in spaced relation to each other, means for actuating said element whereby the holders thereof are brought at intervals into close relation with the discharging end of the shorter trackway and to a diametrically-opposite position, a carrier arranged to travel adjacent the latter position, means for transferring the articles from the shorter trackway to the adjacent holders whereby said articles are in reverse position when they are brought adjacent the carrier, means for transferring the reversed articles from the holders to the carrier, and means for transferring the successive articles flatwise and unreversed from the longer trackway to the carrier.

9. In a machine for assembling match books and the like, the combination of a support for the articles, means for impelling along said support, means for endwise re- IIE versing the succeeding articles of one row; therefor whereby said member is swung in an article holder, means for insertingthe ara path across the adjacent roW of books and i ticles thus reversed into said holder, means toward the article holder. 10

for transferring the successive books from Signed 'tt Barberton, in the county of the other roW to the holder, the last-named Summit and State of Ohio, this 31st day of means comprising an article engaging mem- May, A. D. 1916. v

ber and guiding and operating,` mechanism JOSEPH C. DONNELLY. 

